Follows an Irish family struggling on the frontier at the Forks of the Ohio. In a subplot George Washington, who is passing through on his historic mission of 1753, falls in love with a Pittsburgh maiden named Maria Frazier. When she refuses him, Washington rededicates himself to passion for his country.
C1 -1750s
C3 - Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Turtle Creek (tributary); Chartiers Creek; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Grant’s Hill; Ft. Duquesne; Ft. Pitt; Lawrenceville; N. Braddock; Braddock’s Field; Erie County; Waterford; Ft. Le Boeuf C4 - Historical; Biographical; Immigrant; Western; War CY - Camden, NJ LA - English M3 - Novel N1 -This novel is plagiarized from, but an abbreviated version of, Solomon Secondsight’s The Wilderness (1823).
N2 -Follows an Irish family struggling on the frontier at the Forks of the Ohio. In a subplot George Washington, who is passing through on his historic mission of 1753, falls in love with a Pittsburgh maiden named Maria Frazier. When she refuses him, Washington rededicates himself to passion for his country.
PB - A.C. Graw PP - Camden, NJ PY - 1901 RN -Walter Scott Browne (1850-1913), born in Manor, Westmoreland County, was a teacher and principal in Western Pennsylvania before moving to Vineland, New Jersey for a position with the Welch Grape Juice Company. He later became postmaster of Vineland.
EP - 456 p. TI - The Rose of the Wilderness: Or, Washington’s First Love ER -